The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making - Couverture rigide

Johns, Adrian

 
9780226401218: The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0226401219 ISBN 13 : 9780226401218
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1998

Synopsis

In The Nature of the Book, a tour de force of cultural history, Adrian Johns constructs an entirely original and vivid picture of print culture and its many arenas-commercial, intellectual, political, and individual.

"A compelling exposition of how authors, printers, booksellers and readers competed for power over the printed page. . . . The richness of Mr. Johns's book lies in the splendid detail he has collected to describe the world of books in the first two centuries after the printing press arrived in England."-Alberto Manguel, Washington Times

"[A] mammoth and stimulating account of the place of print in the history of knowledge. . . . Johns has written a tremendously learned primer."-D. Graham Burnett, New Republic

"A detailed, engrossing, and genuinely eye-opening account of the formative stages of the print culture. . . . This is scholarship at its best."-Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor

"The most lucid and persuasive account of the new kind of knowledge produced by print. . . . A work to rank alongside McLuhan."-John Sutherland, The Independent

"Entertainingly written. . . . The most comprehensive account available . . . well documented and engaging."-Ian Maclean, Times Literary Supplement

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À propos de l'auteur

Adrian Johns is the Allan Grant Maclear Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226401219
ISBN 13 
9780226401218
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
776
Coordonnées du fabricant
The University of Chicago Press
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Chicago
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0226401227 ISBN 13 :  9780226401225
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2000
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